5 Tips For Talking To Your Children About Attending Counseling

Posted on: 6 August 2015

Going to therapy is difficult. You have to allow yourself to be vulnerable, and share your deepest thoughts with a complete stranger. For many people, counseling is frightening at the beginning. For children who don't quite understand the world, it's even harder. One in five children have a mental health disorder. Many children and teenagers can benefit from therapy. After experiencing a trauma, a change at home, or bullying at school, it's helpful to gain a new perspective on life from a professional. [Read More]

Set Your Oral Surgery Pracice Apart By Learning CAD And Offering Custom Dental Implants

Posted on: 28 July 2015

Engineers and architects have long been using computer-aided design (CAD) programs, but CAD's applications are no longer limited to these fields. As CAD and computer-aided manufacturing advance, more and more professionals, including oral surgeons, are finding these programs have applications for their field. If you're an oral surgeon, learning CAD/CAM will enable you to offer custom dental implants -- which have benefits for your patients and could set your practice apart from others. [Read More]

4 Things That Occur At Child Well Visits

Posted on: 13 July 2015

From the time your child is born, you will have to take him or her to the doctor for well visits. A well visit is not designed to treat sicknesses, but instead it is designed to ensure that your child is growing and developing at a proper pace. If you are new to parenthood, you may be wondering what will take place at these visits. Here are four common things you will experience at each one. [Read More]

Understanding Eye Exams As A Mental Health Diagnostic

Posted on: 1 July 2015

In recent years, mental health professionals have been working to develop a diagnostic test that relies on assessing how patient's eyes track various images and objects to make a fast, accurate diagnosis of schizophrenia. Future assessments could potentially lead to a quicker diagnosis of not only schizophrenia, but other mental illnesses as well, which will allow patients to begin efficient treatment sooner.  If you are at risk for a mental illness, you may wonder whether you can count on your regular eye exams to screen for mental health issues and whether your regular eye exams will change as a result of this research. [Read More]